Hello Young Lovers
by Sparks
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. musicOMH.com
    60
    Casual and smartly-attired passers-by alike may find little to separate this excursion into meta-pop from the last.
  2. PopMatters
    50
    Does one really want to listen to gorgeous musical crescendos and a falsetto singing “all I do now is dick around/ dick around” or a bouncy plea that “barometric pressure has no relevance to me”?
  3. Prefix Magazine
    50
    In between the dead-horse beatings, the Mael brothers pull off some brilliant one-liners and explore uncharted thematic territory, which suggests that Hello Young Lovers could have been truly great if the Maels wanted it to be.

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. Louieo
    May 4, 2006
    9
    some of the most original work out there today! incredible arrangements and piss funny lyrics too
  2. DarkoF
    Apr 21, 2006
    10
    Very Mindblowing album. Been on heavy rotation for a week- it really cooks. Up there in my top 50 all time greats.
  3. sallyk
    Mar 31, 2006
    10
    awesome record. every other band out there should look at what they are doing!
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